Safe-protecting device.



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ROSS O. PIERCE, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

SAFE-PROTECTING DEVIC-IE.

Specification of `Letters Patent.

- Patented Het. 29, 1918.

Application led May 4, 1917. Serial No. 166,415.

and useful Improvements in Safe-Protect- Y ing Devices, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in safe attachments and the principal object of the invention is to provide means for preventing robbery of the safe. y

Another object of the'nvention s to provide means operated by a person approaching the safe to operate the trigger of a gun positioned to cover a person standing in front of the safe'.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for rendering the device inoperative when desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, which is simple and durable in construction, reliable` and etlicient in operation, and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a minimum cost.-

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing mv invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the sev- Veral views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3of Fig. 2.

In these figures the dotted lines indicated by 1 represent the safe under which is l0- cated my improvement, which consists of a box like member 2 having its front 3 placed on an incline and provided with the upper openings 4 and the lower openings 5, these lower openings beine,` of sufiicient size to permit the entrance of a persons hand. The bottom 6 of the member inclines from the front to the rear as shown in 2 and is provided with two grooves 7 and 8 to receive the butts of guns 9. 'Ihe guns are held in position by means of a hook 10 secured to the front 3 and engaging with the trigger guard, and by means of a strap 11 looped around the butt of the gun and secured to the bottom 6. These securing means are so arranged as to hold the guns with their muzzles adjacent the openings 4 and pointing upwardly as shown in Fig. 2. The member or casing 2 is provided with a front support 12 extending down to the fioor and thissupport is provided with a slot 13 through which passes a platform 14 held to the floor in front by means of the bolts 15, and having a hook 16 on its other 'end which engages with aloop 17 having `each of its ends connected to a rod 18 of resilient nature supported in the casing and engaging the trigger of each gun. One of these rods has its end mounted in the side of the casing while the other one is supported by means of a partition 19, this partition forming a chamber 20 to receive the empty cartridges. The loop 17 holds the platform lt with its end od the floor so that if a person should step on the said platform his weight will cause the platform to be lowered thus pulling down on the loop so as to cause the rods 18 to pull the triggers of the guns, and in this position the persons body is on a line with the muzzles of the guns.

To prevent the gun from being discharged when not desired, I provide means for holding the platform in its upper position and these means consists of a wedge member 2l having a rod 22 secured thereto and extending beyond the platform so that when the rod is pulled out, the member 21 comes under the platform so that it prevents downward movement thereof.` Then it is desired to put the device into operative condition, the rod is pushed in so as to remove the member 21 from under the platform.

The casing 2 is made of a shape suitable to be placed under the safe where it will not be readily noticed and will be out of the way.

lVhen it is desired to refill the magazines of the guns, this can be done by placing the hand in the openings 5. I prefer to use automatic guns and to so locate them that the shells are thrown into the chamber 20, though of course, other guns may be used.

It is thought from the foregoing that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make slight changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention l. A device of the class described comprising a casing having an incline base With grooves therein, means for supporting the guns With the butts in said grooves, a movable platform and means for connecting the. end of the said platform with the triggers of the guns.

A device of the class described coniprising a casing having its front closed and provided with openings, an incline bottom for the casing, means for supporting a gun in said casing on said bottom, and With its muzzle adjacent the opening,- a platform having one end projecting belovv the bottom, a rod carried by the casing and engaging With the trigger of the gun and a con- `nection from said rod to the platform.

3. A device of the class described comprising a casing, means for supportlng a gun therein, a movableplatform having one 25 end extended under the casing, means for connecting the said end to the trigger oi the gun, a Wedge and a rod for placing the Wedge under the platform to prevent movement of the platform.

4. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a gun secured in said casing, a movable platform, a rod having one end rigidly secured to the casing and its free end engaging with the trigger' of the gun, said rod being of resilient nature rso that the free end of said rod Will resiliently4 assume its normal position after thel gun has been discharged, and means for connecting the free end of said rod to the movable platform.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Ross o. Pinnen.

Witnesses:

J. J. WATSON, STEPHEN FAss.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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